Streak Thursday: Market and Points

streak thursday: On Wednesday, the key market gauge gained 42.07 points, according to The Japan Times. The market was closed Thursday due to a national holiday. ; The Topic index of all first-section issues closed up 2.72 points, or 0.17 percent, at 1,617.11, after rising 4.16 points the previous trading day. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 18.42 points, or 0.09 percent, to end at 21,627.34, the best finish since March 5. The Tokyo market got off to a firmer start after active buying of technology issues let the New York market turn up to snap its two-day losing streak Thursday. In the afternoon, unabated buying interest, chiefly in technology stocks, helped prevent the market from bowing deeper to selling, also induced by drops in long-term interest rates. But later in the morning both the Nikkei and Topix gauges came under increased selling pressure amid the yen's strengthening against the dollar and sank into negative territory, brokers said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.